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Atlanta Forward: Higher education

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By Tom Sabulis
Aug 29, 2014

As a new school year begins, today’s Atlanta Forward page is devoted to issues of higher education. The president of Spelman College calls on us to make greater investments in our young people. A professor of English at Georgia State University talks about the value of literature in challenging students to seek the truth.

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